by Meg Dunn | Dec 16, 2017 | Book Reviews
Scrambling for last minute gift ideas for the holidays? There are several local history books that have come out in the past year that would make wonderful gifts. If you know of any I missed, please add them in the comments. Looking to learn more about the history of...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 18, 2017 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Book Reviews
In 2006, Cheryl Miller, in the CSU Department of Animal Sciences, compiled a book of old Fort Collins and CSU post cards as well as text from old newspapers. A friend of mine, Jennifer Mayan Kaylor, loaned me her copy. It’s been a lot of fun to flip through, and...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 29, 2016 | Book Reviews
When Upton Sinclair published his book, The Jungle, in 1906, it sent shock waves across the country. The working conditions of immigrants in the meatpacking industry of Chicago not only injured the nation’s sensibilities, but concern over the unsanitary...
by Meg Dunn | Nov 10, 2015 | Book Reviews, Frontier Faces
After World War II, northern Colorado began to see a lot of growth and change. This was particularly true in Fort Collins where the G.I. Bill brought an influx of veterans who attended Colorado A&M. As the city grew, there was an increasing sense that the history...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 16, 2015 | Book Reviews, Fort Collins, Frontier Faces
Did you know that in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was active in Fort Collins and even burned a few crosses around town? Fancher Sarchet mentions one such incident in his book, Murder and Mirth: the story of a Colorado Trial Lawyer. He also speaks of dalliances among...
by Meg Dunn | Dec 16, 2014 | Book Reviews, Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Mining/Quarry Towns
“I was born in Colorado when I was four years old.” So begins Hugo Evon Frey’s telling of his childhood growing up in Larimer County, Colorado. The son of Swedish immigrants Hans (Henry) and Ingrid, Hugo identified so strongly with his identity as...
